Sunday, July 11, 2010

Story time


About 20 years ago, Rob and his friend Clint woke up one morning and decided to drive to Seattle. They were poor college students with spare time in the summer. They were at Clints apartment in Portland. He had lived there for months and it had literally no furniture, not even a bed. They saw Nolan Ryan was pitching against the Mariners and decided to drive on up to see him. Here is the approximate budget for the trip. Bleacher seats in the top level of the Kingdome looking down on home plate, $2 a piece. Kingdog $2. (Ok, maybe two kingdogs) Gas, maybe $10. They drove back after the game and solved lifes problems. Of course, life was much simplier when everything you own goes in the back of your car. The whole trip was less than $20. This weekend, our family kind of at the last moment decided to do the same thing. We got up and said lets go to a game. It was great, and with all due repect to Clint, we had fun as just a family. The parking alone cost $25. We sat in the "club" seats behind home plate next to the press box. The food choices are much better and they have waiters come to your seat. If you get tired of your seats, you can go sit at tables to eat, or in big comfy chairs. Its much better than Kingdome. We forgot camera, but have a phone picture. Jodi kept asking how far we were from where the "vampires" are from, but eventually got into the game.

3 comments:

  1. Apparently Forks (where the vampires live) is pretty close to Seattle. Jodi, you should have stood your ground and taken a little side trip there. I'm sure Rob would have veen fine with that since he is "husband of the year" (his words after he went to Eclipse with you.)

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  2. Krissy, Krissy... I am husband of the year! But, for the young boys out there, a bit of advice. I have had a longstanding policy (I think I implemented it about 25 years ago) that if a cute girl asks you to go to the movies (or anywhere else for that matter) with her, you go. This policy has served me well for years, so listen up kids!

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  3. Glad you could afford the upgrade and glad you enjoyed the trip!

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